John Frank Wilson (May 7, 1846 – April 7, 1911) was a Delegate from the
Territory of Arizona
The Territory of Arizona (also known as Arizona Territory) was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of ...
.
Born near
Pulaski, Tennessee
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, Wilson moved with his parents to Alabama and attended the common schools and Rhuhama (Alabama) College. He served in the
Confederate States Army
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as a member of Company B, First Battalion, Volunteer Infantry, and later on staff duty under General Hindman until 1863, after which he served as lieutenant colonel of a regiment.
He studied law and was
admitted to the bar
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in 1866 and commenced practice in
Fayetteville, Arkansas
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.
He served as member of the
Arkansas House of Representatives
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in 1877 and 1878.
He served as prosecuting attorney for the fourth judicial district in 1885 and 1886.
Wilson moved to the Territory of Arizona and settled in Prescott in 1887, where he continued the practice of law.
He served as member of the constitutional convention in 1891. He was probate judge of Yavapai County 1893–1895.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896.
He was appointed attorney general of the Territory of Arizona by
Governor Franklin and served during 1896 and 1897.
Wilson was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901). Wilson was elected to the
Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900 and 1904.
Afterwards he resumed the practice of his profession.
He died in
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott ( ) is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827. The city is the county seat of Yavapai County.
In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona T ...
, and was interred in Mountain View Cemetery.
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1846 births
1911 deaths
People of Alabama in the American Civil War
Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Arizona Territory
Confederate States Army officers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona
Arizona Attorneys General
19th-century American politicians
Politicians from Prescott, Arizona
People from Pulaski, Tennessee